Measles outbreaks spark concern over rare ‘horrific’ neurological disorder [Video]

Ontario’s vaccination efforts are ramping up as health officials call 2025 the worst year for measles in Canada since the disease was declared eliminated in 1998, with over 900 confirmed cases across the country.

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Dr. Michelle Barton has been working at the heart of Ontario’s measles outbreak for months, trying to contain the damage the highly-infectious disease can wreak on children hospitalized with the virus.

Barton heads up the pediatric infectious disease team at London Health Sciences Centre children’s hospital in the province’s southwest, the region with the highest rate of the illness.

“We offer the best treatment that we can under the circumstances,” Barton said. “If the child proceeds to deterioration, that is difficult to …